Current JBossWS + AS5 integration isn't implemented properly. There are two main issues with it: ad1) We're not reusing provided AS deployers architecture/concept. Instead of reusing it we're reimplementing the same architecture pattern on our own. It made sence to do it in the past when we were supporting AS 40, AS 42 and AS 50 but now when AS 5x is supported only it doesn't make sence anymore. Correcting JBossWS integration with AS deployers architecture will also allow other AS projects to better integrate with JBossWS seamlessly (see JBAS-5935). ad2) Second problem is we're doing not just metadata processing stuff in deployers processing layer. Many of the current deployment aspects have to be executed in Servlet lifecycle methods to prevent "chicken and egg" problem we're facing at the present (see JBWS-2370). These deployment aspects that will be moved to servlet lifecycle methods will also be executed per endpoint not per deployment like is it now. The following JBossWS deployment aspects will be removed from deployers chain (will be moved to servlet lifecycle methods): * EndpointLifecycleDeploymentAspect * EndpointHandlerDeploymentAspect * EndpointRecordProcessorDeploymentAspect * EventingDeploymentAspect * ServiceEndpointInvokerDeploymentAspect * RMDeploymentAspect * EagerInitializeDeploymentAspect * EndpointMetricsDeploymentAspect * EndpointAddressDeploymentAspect The following JBossWS deployment aspects will stay in deployers processing chain (but will be reimplemented to use AS deployers approach instead): * RuntimeLoaderDeploymentAspect * PublishContractDeploymentAspect * JAXBIntroDeploymentAspect * UnifiedMetaDataDeploymentAspect * ContextPropertiesDeploymentAspect * ModifyWebMetaDataDeploymentAspect * BackwardCompatibleContextRootDeploymentAspect * BackwardCompatibleURLPatternDeploymentAspect * EndpointRegistryDeploymentAspect * EndpointNameDeploymentAspect * InjectionMetaDataDeploymentAspect * ContainerMetaDataDeploymentAspect * WebAppGeneratorDeploymentAspect * WebAppDeploymentAspect * VirtualHostDeploymentAspect WS deployer hooks will be reimplemented too (will become AS deployers) View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4237925#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...